Toshiba Tablet Status (r20/r25/m7)

[Sam I Am Not]

I have previously tried the 10.4.6 DVD to install on my Toshiba tablet (10.4.4 + 4.5 and 4.6 patches). I was able to get sound and networking to work, but not the tablet or wireless. It frequently kernel panicked (Local APIC Error) and was wiped from my system.

 

With all the progress made since then, I thought I'd try to get my Mac back again. I acquired the JaS 10.4.8 DVD. I also patched my BIOS to 3.1.0 (available from Toshiba Canada). To suppress kernel panics, I turned off one core, CPU sleeping, and Dynamic Switching. The CPU speed is Always Low and Cooling Method Maximizes Cooling. One page 2, Setup is done for All Devices. I started the DVD with the -x-f switches. I installed the Base System, Intel kernel, and the Azalia and PowerManagement patches. I also reenabled everything in my BIOS.

 

It runs fine, except networking doesn't work. I modified the IONetworking>Plugins>Intel8255x>Info.plist to include 0x10928088 and did this to install my Realtek 262 HD Audio.

 

It panicked when I restarted. I slowed down my BIOS settings and -x-f'ed. It started in Safe Mode. I restarted (with my BIOS at full throttle) and my devices still don't work.

 

The Wacom tablet is now detected thanks to TabletMagic and this kext hack. It was way misaligned at first. I had to go into the Extras tab and uncheck the box that locks it down to 15240x15240.

In summary:

Used to work in 10.4.6:

Intel Pro/100 VE (Intel8255x.kext)

NOW WORK!:

Wacom tablet (TabletMagic & Apple16X50ACPI.kext (WACF004))

Still work:

Speakers on Realtek 262 HD (AppleAzaliaAudio.kext & trash AppleHDA.kext)

Still don't work:

Intel 3945abg (iwi3945.kext from Google Code)

Headphone jack (and presumably Microphone jack)

Fingerprint reader

SD Card slot

 

BTW, osX86 broke Vista booting. I repaired it from the Vista DVD, then put Chain0 in C:\Boot\ with Debug as per the wiki. Then I made the following BCD entry:

Drive: C:

Path: \Boot\Chain0

 

I can run Mac or Windows from the Vista boot loader.

Edited March 19, 2007 by Sam I Am Not

[maxthunder]

i'm looking at Canada's download site and see BIOS for R20, but not one for R25